London Breed

London Breed (11 August 1974-) was the acting Mayor of San Francisco (D) from 12 December 2017 to 23 January 2018, succeeding Ed Lee and preceding Mark Farrell. She also served as a member of the Board of Supervisors from District 5 from 8 January 2013, succeeding Christina Olague.

Biography
London Breed was born in San Francisco, California in 1974, and she was raised in public housing. She graduated from UC Davis in 1997 and from the University of San Francisco in 2012, and she was named to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency Commission in 2004 after raising over $2.5 million to renovate the African American Art & Culture complex. In 2010, Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed her to the San Francisco Fire Commission, and she was then elected to the Board of Supervisors in January 2013. Her goals were to protect affordable housing, increasing public safety, improving environmental health, and modernizing public transportation. On 8 January 2015, she succeeded Katy Tang as President of the Board of Supervisors; in this post, she served as acting Mayor from Mayor Ed Lee's sudden death in December 2017 until Mark Farrell's appointment as Mayor in January 2018.